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I Wanted to Be Your Shelter in the Dark
Prose Poetry
You’ve found a new love, haven’t you? I would have seen the truth in your eyes even before the end of the question. She’s probably the reason you’ve got that smile on your face, and she’s the sunshine to your every shadow.
Maybe I should have told you every little nothing that came to my mind just to fill in all your blank spaces.
Now you’re miles away, taking trains in other cities, your life catapulting like a rocket into a new stratosphere. I don’t need to see the evidence on my phone to know you’re out there with every horizon just a step away.
Maybe I should have said every wrong thing, anything to make you stay.
Our friends tell me you’re doing just fine — why else would you be so quiet, living your best life? — but a part of me wishes you were caught up in misery business, ready to share your worries and woes with me alone.
Maybe I should have made the grand gestures that would have made you look at me for longer than just a fleeting glance.
Do you believe me when I say I’m happy for you? Or did you sniff out that lie? Why do I have to feel a punch to my chest every time I hear your name?
Maybe I should have tried to expose the marrow of my longing rather than just…
